Specifications

5 After the file is uploaded, click Next.
6 (Optional) Create a host upgrade baseline.
a Leave the Create a baseline using the ESXi image selected.
b Specify a name, and optionally, a description for the host upgrade baseline.
7 Click Finish.
The ESXi image that you uploaded appears in the Imported ESXi Images pane. You can see more
information about the software packages that are included in the ESXi image in the Software Packages pane.
If you also created a host upgrade baseline, the new baseline is displayed in the Baselines pane of the
Baselines and Groups tab.
What to do next
To upgrade or migrate the hosts in your environment, you must create a host upgrade baseline if you have
not already done so.
Create a Host Baseline Group
You can combine one host upgrade baseline with multiple patch or extension baselines, or combine multiple
patch and extension baselines in a baseline group.
NOTE You can click Finish in the New Baseline Group wizard at any time to save your baseline group and
add baselines to it at a later stage.
Prerequisites
Connect the vSphere Client to a vCenter Server system with which Update Manager is registered, and on
the Home page, click Update Manager under Solutions and Applications. If your vCenter Server system is
part of a connected group in vCenter Linked Mode, you must specify the Update Manager instance to use,
by selecting the name of the corresponding vCenter Server system in the navigation bar.
Procedure
1 On the Baselines and Groups tab, click Create above the Baseline Groups pane.
2 Enter a unique name for the baseline group.
3 Under Baseline Group Type, select Host Baseline Group and click Next.
4 Select a host upgrade baseline to include it in the baseline group.
5 (Optional) Create a new host upgrade baseline by clicking Create a new Host Upgrade Baseline at the
bottom of the Upgrades page and complete the New Baseline wizard.
6 Click Next.
7 Select the patch baselines that you want to include in the baseline group.
8 (Optional) Create a new patch baseline by clicking Create a new Host Patch Baseline at the bottom of
the Patches page and complete the New Baseline wizard.
9 Click Next.
10 Select the extension baselines to include in the baseline group.
11 (Optional) Create a new extension baseline by clicking Create a new Extension Baseline at the bottom
of the Patches page and complete the New Baseline wizard.
12 On the Ready to Complete page, click Finish.
The host baseline group is displayed in the Baseline Groups pane.
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